6.5 CM as a hunting cartridge... why?

[Nick87]

I had to got out and shoot the deer in my freezer a second time the other day. He wasn’t quite dead, obviously not in the category of “most” deer.

That's was quite the visual. Thanks for the laugh.

 

[psinclair]

Pat. Blue jeans. mtmuley

I had some $30 rain gear in my pack that day…

 

[Maverick1]

You should start a hunting podcast when you retire. You would be like a grumpy Ron Spomer.

What? Would he just argue with himself then?..........

 

[psinclair]

260 REM, 2011

 

[Nick87]

How about the .220 swift. @breaksrunner was before my time but I sure enjoy his posts on the deer amd elk thread. Is he still around?

 

[cgasner1]

Maybe I should spend more time hunting in state

 

[DFS]

How about the .220 swift. @breaksrunner was before my time but I sure enjoy his posts on the deer amd elk thread. Is he still around?

Pretty sure you are speaking to him.

 

[Nick87]

Pretty sure you are speaking to him.

I had a sneaking suspicion. Wasn't positive.

 

[psinclair]

How about the .220 swift. @breaksrunner was before my time but I sure enjoy his posts on the deer amd elk thread. Is he still around?

Yours truly…
My old breaksrunner login shit the bed years ago.

 

[Nick87]

Yours truly…
My old breaksrunner login shit the bed years ago.

Thought so... Got one of the rifle slings second hand form a member here. I love it.

 

[psinclair]

Sako 220 Swift, 1986

 

[LuketheDog]

I've tried to like the 6.5 CM on its merits, from an objective point of view, but this is what I discovered. Just doesn't live up to any of the claims.

 

[BAKPAKR]

I didn’t get a sheep with a 300 WM in 1999. I didn’t get one with a 300 RUM in 2006. I got one with a 6.5 CM in 2019. So, there will always be a soft spot in my heart for the Creedmoor.

BTW — I shot the 6.5 a lot before the hunt and I was confident out to quite a bit further than I had to shoot.

 

[Wind Gypsy]

So answer me this - what in your opinion are the advantages the 6.5 CM offers over the 7mm-08 or .260?

Sir, you answered this question in part with your original post:

There are a number of arguments in favor of the 6.5 CM. The ones I accept have to do with OAL as it relates to high BC bullets in traditional short actions, availability for the MSR crowd, better shoulder angle for reloaders and greater inherent accuracy.

Add to that way better factory ammo availability, way better factory rifle availability, way better brass availability.

But I ‘spose if you want to make it incrementally more difficult and expensive for yourself 260 and 7-08 can do the same thing. Seems that’s what you’re arguing for?

 

[ismith]

I didn’t get a sheep with a 300 WM in 1999. I didn’t get one with a 300 RUM in 2006. I got one with a 6.5 CM in 2019. So, there will always be a soft spot in my heart for the Creedmoor.

BTW — I shot the 6.5 a lot before the hunt and I was confident out to quite a bit further than I had to shoot.

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You pulled an Idaho tag three times?

 

[BAKPAKR]

You pulled an Idaho tag three times?

They use to be easier to draw.

 

[Justabirdwatcher]

Extra credit for any princess bride references.

 

[DFS]

I didn’t get a sheep with a 300 WM in 1999. I didn’t get one with a 300 RUM in 2006. I got one with a 6.5 CM in 2019. So, there will always be a soft spot in my heart for the Creedmoor.

BTW — I shot the 6.5 a lot before the hunt and I was confident out to quite a bit further than I had to shoot.

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That’s fantastic

 

[Justabirdwatcher]

I didn’t get a sheep with a 300 WM in 1999. I didn’t get one with a 300 RUM in 2006. I got one with a 6.5 CM in 2019. So, there will always be a soft spot in my heart for the Creedmoor.

BTW — I shot the 6.5 a lot before the hunt and I was confident out to quite a bit further than I had to shoot.

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Nice ram. So, to stay on topic, why did you specifically choose the CM and not a .308 based cartridge? What was the advantage the CM offered in your mind?

 

[DFS]

Nice ram. So, to stay on topic, why did you specifically choose the CM and not a .308 based cartridge? What was the advantage the CM offered in your mind?

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